Christine Lahti
Actor
Born April 4, 1950 in Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.
Christine Ann Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American actress and filmmaker. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1984 film Swing Shift. Her other film roles include ...And Justice for All (1979), Housekeeping (1987), Running on Empty (1988), and Leaving Normal (1992), and The Fear Inside. For her directorial debut with the 1995 short film Lieberman in Love, she won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Lahti made her Broadway debut in 1980 as a replacement in Loose Ends, and went on to star in the Broadway productions of Present Laughter (1982) and The Heidi Chronicles (1989). An eight-time Golden Globe nominee and six-time Emmy Award nominee, she won a Golden Globe for the 1989 TV movie No Place Like Home, and won a Golden Globe and an Emmy in 1998 for her role as Kate Austin in the CBS series Chicago Hope (1995–99). She returned to Broadway in 2009 to star in God of Carnage. She also had a recurring role as Sonya Paxton in the NBC series Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2009–11), as Doris McGarrett in the CBS series Hawaii Five-0 (2012–19), and Laurel Hitchin in NBC's The Blacklist (2015–17).
Filmography
Beverly Hills Cop
Helen
Sheriff Country
Ruby Quinn
Bird in Hand
Carlotta
Fire Country
Ruby Quinn
My Name Is Andrea
Pariah
Gloria: A Life
Gloria Steinem
Evil
Sheryl Luria
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Ellen
Becks
Ann
The Good Fight
Andrea Stevens
Operator
Beth Larsen
The Steps
Sherry
Touched with Fire
Sara
Safelight
Peg
Grace and Frankie
Lydia Foster
Hateship Loveship
Eileen
The Blacklist
Laurel Hitchin
Petunia
Felicia Petunia
8
Kris Perry
Touchback
Thelma
Hawaii Five-0
Doris McGarrett
Flying Lessons
Caroline Conway
The Good Wife
Andrea Stevens
Obsessed
Detective Monica Reese
Operating Instructions
Commander Helen Keller
Smart People
Nancy
Yonkers Joe
Janice
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Martha O'Dell
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
Rose
Jack & Bobby
Grace McCallister
The Book of Ruth
Maylene
Uta Hagen's Acting Class
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Out of the Ashes
Gisella Perl
Open House
Samantha Morrow
Women vs. Men
Dana
The Pilot's Wife
Kathryn Lyons
My First Mister
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Christine Lahti
An American Daughter
Lyssa Dent Hughes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sonya Paxton
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
Ellie Nesler
The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest
Hope
Emma Percy
Ally McBeal
Sydney Gale
The View
Self
Subway Stories
Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")
A Weekend in the Country
Ruth Oakley
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
Pie in the Sky
Ruby
MADtv
Self
The Four Diamonds
Dr. Burke / Sorceress Reptannehan
Hideaway
Lindsey
Lieberman in Love
Shaleen
Chicago Hope
Kathryn Austin
Ellen
Ellen Screen Test #4
Intimate Portrait
Self
Frasier
Laura (voice)
The Good Fight
Grace Cragin
The Fear Inside
Meredith Cole
Leaving Normal
Darly
Crazy From the Heart
Charlotte Bain
The Doctor
Anne
Funny About Love
Meg
No Place Like Home
Zan Cooper
Gross Anatomy
Dr. Rachel Woodruff
Miss Firecracker
Clara Archer
Running on Empty
Annie Pope
Housekeeping
Sylvie Fisher
Amerika
Alethea Milford
Stacking
Kathleen Morgan
Just Between Friends
Sandy Dunlap
Desert Bloom
Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)
Love Lives On
Marilyn
Single Bars, Single Women
Elsie
Swing Shift
Hazel Zanussi
The Executioner's Song
Brenda Nicol
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Aunt Linda
The Executioner's Song
Brenda Nicol
American Playhouse
Kathleen Morgan
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Dr. Clare Scott
Wolcott
Melinda Marin
The Henderson Monster
Dr. Louise Casimir
...And Justice for All
Gail Packer
The Last Tenant
Carol
Dr. Scorpion
Tania Reston
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Oscars
Self